Comment on why does crossing legs increase blood pressure?
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 1 week ago
Leg muscles are one of the biggest muscles in the body and flexing those will increase blood pressure during it. Aka doing squats and blood pressure shooting up during it.
Sitting cross legged probably activates those enough to increase blood pressure.
vrek@programming.dev 1 week ago
Ok I can kinda agree but I wasn’t cross legged. Just laying with right ankle on top of left ankle
otter@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
I may be wrong, but I think holding a slightly cross legged position does still require some muscle contraction, and it may cause some compression over having your legs relaxed and spread apart. Also, if you’re lying on your back, then there might be a slight pressure difference from having one leg higher than the rest of your body.
The way you’re describing it, these will all likely cause a slightly lower pressure.
It could also be that you were more relaxed during the second reading, and so that time was the most important contributor. For example, white coat hypertension
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_coat_hypertension
scytale@piefed.zip 1 week ago
When you cross your ankles, grab and feel your upper thighs. You’ll feel that they aren’t exactly relaxed and are somewhat contracting. Now feel them again when you uncross your ankles.